Improvement in carriages



I. A. CUPPINGER.

I Carriage Spring. No. 96,887. Patented Nov. 16,1869.

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(Etched tate5 t at cam Letters Patent N 96,887, dated November 16, 1869; antezlatell November 8, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAG-ES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAIAH A. Ourrlsonn, of Newton,.in the county of Jasper, and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriages and similar vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accoim pany ing drawings, making part of this specification, and to-the 'letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed todescribc it.

My invention relates to carriages and similar vehicles, and consists in the novel construction and arrangenientot' a wrought-iron bolt, to prevent lateral and longitudinal strain upon the springs, as hereinafter explained.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a side view, and

Figure 2, an end view of my device as attached and arranged.

As is well known, in the ordinary construction of carriages, the springs form the connection between the body and the axle-trees, and are attached to them with bolts, for the purpose of keeping them in position.

'these strains.

To accomplish this, I makca wrought-ironbolt, A, of suitable length, strength, and torni' tor the purpose, and with its upper end flattened and bentat right angles' to its length. This bolt A, I employ to relieve the front; spring B of a carriage from lateral and longitudinal strain, by attaching its upper end to the upper side of the spring, and inserting its lower end loosely in an eye of the head 0 of the reach, so as to be in a vertical position, as clearly shown in both figures.

I make the head 0 of the reach out of cast-iron, and in form as shown in fig. 1, and connect it to the head-block I), by means of av tenon having ears, through which I pass bolts 71'. The outer end of this head, I mortise, and tenon the end of the reach, so

as to connect the body and head of the reach, as shown by the dotted lines in fig. 1, .and then iron them on the sides, so as to connect them together as well as to the head-block.

The same bolts that are used to connectthe head of the reach to the head-block, .1 also use to connect the side-ironsto them.

In this way, by the use of a simple wrought-iron bolt, and a cast-iron or other suitable head for the reach,

I am able to provide a cheap and effective device for forth I. A. CLIPPIXGER. \Vitnesses:

W. G. \VQRK, O. 1). Hrrsnnv. 

